Using a script

Applies to: Patch My PC Cloud

By using a script to deploy the Patch My PC (PMPC) certificate, you can either deploy the certificate as a:

• Platform script

• Proactive remediation

In environments where a company configures an all-signed PowerShell policy or enforces script signature checking on the Win32 app in the Intune admin center, all scripts must be signed by a trusted publisher. Our script helps import the required certificate into the Trusted Publisher store to ensure that scripts signed by Patch My PC (PMPC) can be executed without issues.

To deploy our code signing certificate using a script, first download our scripts from:

https://github.com/PatchMyPCTeam/Community-Scripts/tree/main/Other/Code%20Signing

Note

You can find out more details about these scripts and what they do by reviewing the ReadMe.md file included with the scripts.

Using a platform script

To deploy our certificate using a script, follow the Create a script policy and assign it article using the following values.

“Platform scripts” tab

Field	Value
Add	Windows 10 and later

“Basics” tab

Field	Value
Name	A descriptive name for the policy. E.g. “Patch My PC Trusted Publisher Certificate”`
Description	Enter an optional description for the policy

“Script Settings” tab

Field	Value
Script location	Browse to and select Import-PMPTrustedPublisherCertificate.ps1
Run this script using the logged on credentials	No
Enforce script signature check	No
Run script in 64 bit PowerShell Host	No

“Scope tags” tab

Configure as required.

“Assignments” tab

Assign the configuration template to the desired Entra ID group(s).

“Review + add” tab

Double-check everything before clicking Add.

Post Processing

You can see the script being processed by the Intune Management Extension by looking in the IntuneManagementExtension.log located at:

%ProgramData%\Microsoft\IntuneManagementExtension\Logs

Using a proactive remediation

To deploy our certificate using a proactive remediation deployment, follow the Remediations article using the following values.

“Basics” tab

Field	Value
Name	A descriptive name for the policy. E.g. “Patch My PC Trusted Publisher Certificate”`
Description	Enter an optional description for the policy.
Publisher	Enter “Patch My PC”

“Settings” tab

Field	Value
Detection script file	Browse to and select PMPTrustedPublisherCertificate_HealthScript_Detection.ps1
Remediation script file	Browse to and select Import-PMPTrustedPublisherCertificate.ps1
Run this script using the logged on credentials	No
Enforce script signature check	No
Run script in 64 bit PowerShell Host	No

“Scope tags” tab

Configure as required.

“Assignments” tab

Assign the configuration template to the desired Entra ID group(s), then configure the frequency you want the Proactive Remediation to be executed on the targeted devices.

“Review + create” tab

Double-check everything before clicking Create.

Post Processing

You can see the script being processed by the Intune Management Extension by looking in the HealthScriptss.log located at:

%ProgramData%\Microsoft\IntuneManagementExtension\Logs

Observe the Proactive Remediation Device Status blade.

The following log snippet shows the HealthScripts.log entry if the pre-remediation (detection) script found the certificate already installed in the local computer’s Trusted Publishers store.

The following log snippet shows the HealthScripts.log entry if the pre-remediation (detection) script did not find the certificate already installed in the local machine’s Trusted Publishers store (the Exit code of the script is 1).

The following log snippet shows the HealthScripts.log entry if the pre-remediation (detection) script did not find the certificate already installed in the local machine’s Trusted Publishers store and the remediation script was run successfully (Exit code of the script is 0).